N.M. Admin. Code § 19.11.2.8

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 19.11.2.8 - INFORMATION TO STATE ENGINEER

A. The division shall notify the office of state engineer when it receives an application for a geothermal well permit or geothermal facility permit.

B. When the applicant proposes to reinject all ground water as soon as practicable into the same ground water source from which it was diverted, resulting in no new depletion to the source, the division shall also provide the state engineer all information available to the division regarding the proposed diversion and reinjection and shall request the opinion of the state engineer as to whether existing ground water rights sharing the same ground water source may be impaired.

C. If the state engineer determines that the information provided is sufficient to render an opinion and it is the opinion of the state engineer that any existing ground water rights may be impaired, the division, upon receipt of the opinion of the state engineer, shall notify the applicant or permittee who shall submit to the division by the date specified in the notification a plan of replacement for any existing ground water rights that are likely to be impaired.

N.M. Admin. Code § 19.11.2.8

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXIX, Issue 04, February 27, 2018, eff. 2/27/2018